Gender Representation at Neurological Surgery Conferences

Silva, Nicole; Cerasiello, Samantha Y.; Semonche, Alexa; Sotayo, Alaba; Luis, Justin; Shao, Belinda; Richardson, Angela M.; Eloy, Jean Anderson

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.062

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“…Cohen et al reported women representation at AAO‐HNSF conferences by analysis of abstract submissions, finding that women represented less than 20.0% of total submissions 24 . A recent analysis of gender representation at major neurological surgery conferences revealed a significant disparity in the number of women participating in these conferences 37 . In light of these recent findings, this current analysis examined three well‐attended otolaryngology conferences in order to identify gender differences at each conference.…”

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Gender Representation at Conferences, Executive Boards, and Program Committees in Otolaryngology

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Objective Women represent approximately 28.0% of academic otolaryngologists. Previous studies have shown that women in academic medicine, including surgical subspecialties, have disparate career advancement opportunities and grant funding compared to male counterparts. Representation at major academic meetings is an important career advancement opportunity. In this study, we assess the representation of women at otolaryngology conferences. Study Design Cross‐sectional analysis of otolaryngology conference programs. Methods All publicly available scientific programs from The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting (AAO‐HNSF), the Triological Society Annual Combined Sections Meeting (TS), and the Triological Society Annual Meeting at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (TS‐COSM) were obtained and analyzed. Name and gender were collected, along with the type of role: speaker, panelist, oral session moderator, and other leadership positions. Yearly trends were analyzed and compared between the conferences and in aggregate. Results AAO‐HNSF had available scientific programs from 2012–2017, while TS and TS‐COSM had programs available from 2003–2018. Across all conferences and years, 16.9% of recorded opportunities were occupied by women, with an upward trend from 2005 to 2018. Program committees had the highest proportion of women (21.4%) and presidential citation and guest of honor recipients had the lowest (9.1%). Of all panels, 87.5% did not have any women panelists in 2003, but by 2018 only 24.0% panels were male‐only. There was marked repetition among women occupying roles, with only 423 unique women occupying a total of 1,733 filled spots. Conclusion Measured representation of women in academic otolaryngology conferences has improved from 2003–2018. Despite this improvement, gender disparity still exists. Level of Evidence 5 Laryngoscope, 131:E373–E379, 2021

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“….) [16,46,47] % of women according to their institutional affiliation/nationality [1] % of women invited as a keynote speaker according to bibliometric parameters (H Index or Impact Factor publications) [33,48], % of time exposition spent by a woman and the difference in the order [15,36], % of women who ask questions and the difference in the order [3,26] Gender differences in Twitter participation during the event [49] % of women who receive prizes [6,47] LEADERSHIP % of women according to the type of active participation (Keynote/Plenary, Chair Moderator, Oral Speaker, Poster Speaker) [23,25,50] % of women according to the distribution of organizers' roles [23] % of women related to their contributions (poster, plenary speech. .…”

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“…Different research studies turn a spotlight on diverse aspects of women's participation in academic events but these studies have almost exclusively focused on one specific factor to analyse the gender differences in conferences, such as the proportion of female speakers [16,[19][20][21], the gender disparities in different leadership positions [22,23] or the influence of female organizing committee members in the selection of the speakers [19,24]. Also, previous studies concentrate on a single specific knowledge area, for instance, the proportion of invited women in the evolutionary biology discipline [14,15,20] or in the academic tourism discipline [23,25], among others.…”

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Closing the gender gap at academic conferences: A tool for monitoring and assessing academic events

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The importance of participation in academic conferences is well known for members of the scientific community. It is not only for the feedback and the improvement of the work, it is also about career development, building networks and increasing visibility. Nevertheless, women continue to be under-represented in these academic events and even more so in the most visible positions such as speaking roles. This paper presents the development of a tool based on performance indicators, which will allow monitoring and evaluating gender roles and inequalities in academic conferences in order to tackle the underrepresentation of women. The study identifies relevant perspectives (participation, organizational structure and attitudes) and designs specific lists of performance indicators for each of them. The tool is based on a combination of two multicriteria techniques, Analytic Hierarchy Process and Analytic Hierarchy Process Sort, and a qualitative analysis based on in-depth interviews and information gathered from a focus group. The use of the AHP multi-criteria decision technique has allowed us to weight the indicators according to the opinion of several experts, and with them to be able to generate from these weightings composite indicators for each of the three dimensions. The most relevant indicators were for the participation dimension. Additionally, the tool developed has been applied to an academic conference which has been monitored in real time. The results are shown as a traffic light visualization approach, where red means bad performance, yellow average performance and green good performance, helping us to present the results for each indicator. Finally, proposals for improvement actions addressed to the red indicators are explained. The work carried out highlights the need to broaden the study of gender equality in academic conferences, not only regarding the participation but also the performance of different roles and functions.

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“…They are generally awarded to those who have earned a national reputation, and serves to confirm that he or she belongs on the national stage. Previous studies have demonstrated that women are inadequately represented at national meetings in neurosurgery, 14 general surgery, 15 and colorectal surgery, 16 as well as at the meetings for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 17 and American College of Surgeons. 18 The barriers women face in the specific field of trauma surgery have not been as well-studied.…”

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Is there a glass ceiling at national trauma meetings?

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2021

The American Journal of Surgery

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Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the roles of women at national trauma meetings. Methods: Available scientific programs for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2013-19), Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2010-19), and Western Trauma Association (2010-19) as well as the Scudder Oration at the American College of Surgeons (1963e2019), were reviewed for names of participants and categorized by gender. Results: Women made up 963 of 2746 (35.1%) of presenters, 252 of 1020 (24.7%) of discussants, 116 of 622 (18.6%) of moderators of scientific sessions, 189 of 707 (26.7%) of panelists, and 69 of 254 (27.2%) of panel moderators. Only 12 of 126 (9.5%) of named lectures or presidential addresses were given by women. Conclusions: The low rate of female named speakers suggests that there remains a "glass ceiling" when it comes to upper-level participation in national trauma meetings.

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Gender Representation at Neurological Surgery Conferences

Cited by 45 publications

References 29 publications

Gender Representation at Conferences, Executive Boards, and Program Committees in Otolaryngology

Gender Representation at Conferences, Executive Boards, and Program Committees in Otolaryngology

Closing the gender gap at academic conferences: A tool for monitoring and assessing academic events

Is there a glass ceiling at national trauma meetings?

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